Six months after last discussing the economic outlook with Ellen Zentner, chief U.S. economist at Morgan Stanley, the ABA Banking Journal Podcast welcomes Zentner for a new economic update.

Economic growth will hit 2.8 percent for 2018, the fastest rate of growth in the current expansion, the ABA Economic Advisory Committee said today.

The U.S. economy will continue to expand, with growth in 2017 forecast to just above 2 percent, the American Bankers Association Economic Advisory Committee said today.

The U.S. economy will continue to expand, with growth in 2017 forecast to reach 2.1 percent, the ABA Economic Advisory Committee said today.

The U.S. economy will continue to expand through 2017 after a sluggish start to 2016, with growth in 2016 forecast to reach 1.9 percent and growth in 2017 projected at 2.1 percent, the ABA Economic Advisory Committee said today.

The U.S. economy will bounce back from a lackluster start to the year, with growth in the second half of 2015 forecasted to reach 2.8, the ABA Economic Advisory Committee said today. “This has been a wild period for the economy,” said EAC Chairman Ethan Harris, co-head of global economics research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, referring to the seasonal “shock” of bad weather in addition to sharp drops in oil prices and the West Coast port strike.